Recaps

Zhang Ming used Ignite Comprehension to overcome his poor aptitude, strengthen himself, and uncover threats tied to the Zhang Family’s mine. After defeating Niu Kangshao and returning to Yang City, he moved against the Mighty Bull Martial Arts School and confronted its master, Niu Kangsheng.

• Zhang Ming awakened Ignite Comprehension, mastered Mighty Bull Strength, and finally sensed Vital Energy after years of failure.
• Zhang Ming improved and fused his Mighty Bull arts into the Mighty Bull Cultivation Method, then strengthened his martial skills and began inspecting the Zhang Family’s businesses.
• At Qingmang Mountain Mine, Zhang Ming killed Kong Yongxin, uncovered the sale of weapons to a Mysterious Buyer, and agreed to supply Jiang Yingxue in exchange for a Marrow Cleansing Flower.
• Zhang Ming consumed the flower, improved his aptitude, and broke through to the Postnatal Realm after months of cultivation.
• Zhang Ming led soldiers into Mine Cave No. 13, killed a Mine Cave Beast, and sealed the dangerous cave before giving Lin De a cultivation method and responsibility for the Mine.
• Niu Kangshao ambushed Zhang Ming on his way back to Yang City, but Zhang Ming killed his men, caught him, extracted information about the Mighty Bull Cultivation Method, and killed him.
• Zhang Ming told Zhang Yongfeng about the Mysterious Buyer and his plans to deal with Yang City’s powers, then asked Fang Hongbo to help him take control of the Mighty Bull Martial Arts School.
• Zhang Ming entered Niu Kangsheng’s study after Niu Kangsheng realized he had been poisoned, and told him the poison had reached his organs.

Zhang Ming consolidated control of Yang City, investigated Zombies, and developed the Cycle Devouring Art from his research into Corpse Qi. After testing the art on refugees and guards and implanting it into himself, he turned to uncovering the Cemetery’s mysterious array.

• Zhang Ming eliminated Yang City's martial arts leaders and reorganized the city, while integrating collected techniques and trading with Jiang Yingxue for the Formless Witness Technique and Dragon Blood Grass.
• Zhang Ming killed a Demon Beast in Mine Cave No. 13, then confronted the Zombie of the Old Steward and brought it to the Dungeon for research.
• Zhang Ming dissected the Zombie, studied Corpse Qi, and used Ignite Comprehension to develop the Cycle Devouring Art, while the Mysterious Figure obtained phosphate fertilizer through Jiang Yingxue.
• Jiang Gui and other refugees volunteered for Zhang Ming’s drug trials, and Zhang Ming implanted the Cycle Devouring Art into them, with ten of his first twelve subjects surviving.
• Zhang Ming expanded the trials to estate guards, then implanted the art into himself and found that his compatibility was increasing.
• Zhang Ming developed Super Corpse Poison and investigated how Zombies formed by arranging for a resentful man’s corpse to be buried in the Cemetery.
• Wang Song killed the newly formed Zombie, and Zhang Ming ordered him to recreate the Cemetery’s terrain at a Yin-heavy Mass Grave.
• Zhang Ming replicated Rapid Recovery and Life Sense, confirmed that the Mass Grave reproduced the Cemetery’s Momentum, and began studying the array to enter the Array Dao.

Zhang Ming destroyed the Hundred Beasts Sect, advanced to Grandmaster, and uncovered valuable resources while strengthening his plans in Yang City. After Li Yan summoned him to Jiangnan, Zhang Ming took charge of a corrupt Town Martial Division in Menliang City, killed its defiant constables, and drew the attention of the Ten Absolute Sect.

• Zhang Ming used the Gathering Yin Zombie Array to destroy the Hundred Beasts Sect, killed Hundred Beasts Ancestor, and took the sect’s martial and beast-taming records.
• Zhang Ming explored Mine Cave No. 13, discovered Earth Marrow and a vast Demon Beast gathering, then planted the Demon Blood Tree in a hidden cave.
• Zhang Ming broke through to Grandmaster, developed his Dopamine Mind Control Method, and accepted Li Yan’s invitation to serve in Jiangnan.
• Zhang Ming arrived in Jinling and accepted Li Yan’s appointment as Chief of the Menliang City Garrison and Silver Badge Constable, with a mission to collect unpaid taxes from the Ten Absolute Sect’s territory.
• In Menliang City, Zhang Ming saw the Town Martial Division’s corruption and lawlessness, then ordered its Silver Badge Constables to attend a meeting.
• When the constables mocked him and refused to obey, Zhang Ming killed them with poison triggered by his intent and put Jin Gu to work rebuilding the division.
• Zhang Ming began training the division’s constables and searched the sea for Electric Rays, but a ship bearing the Ten Absolute Sect’s flag arrived with the father of the young master Zhang Ming had killed.

Zhang Ming built influence in Menliang City, advanced his research, and helped Zhang Jingcheng reach Grandmaster. After killing the Ten Absolute Sect’s ancestor and impersonating him, Zhang Ming installed Zhang Jingcheng as the sect’s next leader, leaving Suiyun Peak plotting to stop the succession.

• Zhang Ming poisoned and released Yao Yuankui, then welcomed Zhang Jingcheng and his companions to Menliang City and promised to help his brother become Sect Master.
• Zhang Ming trained Zhang Jingcheng, strengthened his loyalty among the Town Martial Division constables, and recruited electric rays for his experiments.
• Zhang Ming promoted the Yellow Turban doctrine in Menliang City and developed the Human Brain Computer, Spirit Splitting Method, and an electromagnetic cannon.
• King Guang attacked the Five Poisons Cult after the Heavenly Fate Pearl pointed him there, while Huang Xin and Elder Yao became caught up in the fighting.
• Zhang Ming used hypnosis and the Gathering Yin Zombie Array to help Zhang Jingcheng break through to Grandmaster, then learned the Ten Absolute Sect ancestor’s location from his letter.
• Zhang Ming poisoned and killed the ancestor, preserved his head for his research, and impersonated him to dismiss Jiang Zhuang and name Zhang Jingcheng his successor.
• Zhang Ming searched the Ten Absolute Sect’s treasures as Jiang Zhuang and Suiyun Peak considered how to block Zhang Jingcheng’s succession.